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J. D. MORAN.

METALLIG BARREL.

No. 326,669. Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

WITNESSES: IIVVE/VTOI? ATTORNEY N. PETERS. Phuhw-Lilbognphnr, Washington. ac

JOHN D. MORAN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

METALLIC BARREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,669, dated September 22,1885.

Application filed July 15, 1885.

To aZZ whom it 77mg concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN D. MORAN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Metallic Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a metallic barrel or equivalent receptacle for holding beer and other liquids, which shall not be liable to the corrosion heretofore experienced with such barrels when used for such purposes.

My invention comprises, as a new article of manufacture, a barrel formed of sheet metal lined with resisting and fibrous material in such manner as to provide a lining or layer of material, resisting or refractory as concerns heat, and fibrous or retentive as concerns the usual coating of resin or pitch to the metallic surface of the iron, which will preclude the contact of the liquid with the metal,and which will preclude the displacement of the resin,- pitch, or cement from jarring or concussion, and which, from its refractory naturc,will resist the heat incident to the operation of repitching the barrels in the manner usual with beer-containing vessels, such material being applied and kept in place by any suitable cement, and in practice designed to be coated on its inner surface with such cementas, for examp1e,pitch or any other suitable substance.

Referring to the drawings forming apart of this application, Figure l is an axial sectional view, and Fig. 2 a transverse sectional View, of a package embodying my invention.

The metallic portion of the barrel may be of cylindrical or any other suitable shape, and may consist of the body A, having suitable heads, B, riveted into the ends thereof, and may be provided with the usual bung-hole, a, and with the usual opening, I), for the insertion of the faucet or outlet device.

0 indicates the internal lining, which is formed of asbestus in any suitable degree of comminution, and which is applied to the interior of the barrel to a thickness sufficient to keep the liquid contents of the barrel out of contact with the surface of the metal,

In order to secure the adhesion of the asbestus to the metal, it requires to be mingled with some cementing substance which will unite the fibers of the asbestusitself and at the (No model.)

same time attach them to the surface of the metal. For this purpose I mingle the asbestus with a sufficient quantity of coal-tar to insure the effect just indicated, and apply the asbestus to the inner surface of the metal forming the body A and the heads B. This may be done prior to the insertion and securing of the heads in place. A small portion of liquid pitch in a suitably-heated and fluid condition may be introduced into the barrel after the lining O has been applied thereto, as just explained, and distributed over the inner surface in the same manner as is usual in distributing liquid or semi-liquid coating materials to wooden barrels.

By means of mysaid invention I am enabled to provide a barrel or receptacle for beer and other liquids in which the surface in contact with the liquid,when duly resined or pitched, will resist the action of the liquid to the fullest extent without liabilityof fracturing or cracking or displacing the resin or pitch, because of the jar or concussion to which barrels, 850., are commonly subjected in handling, while the fibrous material,being capable of resisting a high heat, the barrel may be repeatedly reresined or repitched in the usual manner without danger to such material, the inner side or surface of which is attached to the internal surface of the barrel by the cement of resin, pitch,or other suitable substance. In a barrel or receptacle thus made,the metal itself, while affording sufficient strength to the barrel or receptacle, is prevented from corroding by the action of the contents of the barrel or receptacle.

Any suitably-fibrous and heat-resisting material may be employed as the equivalent of asbestus in carrying into practice my said invention.

What I claim as my invention is- As a new article of manufacture,a metallic barrel having an internal lining containing a fibrous heat-resisting material suitably secured or cemented to its inner surface, all substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

JOHN D. MORAN.

Witnesses.

GUNVALD AAS, JOHN G. HONEY. 

